By Eternal Grace

I thank the Lord that i am being brought so far off from my comfort zone to learn what it means to be given grace. The grace of living, the grace of understanding, the grace of his love. To take me beyond my comfort zone of what i have learnt.

Destined To Reign by Joseph Prince is the book i am reading now.

To reign over one's life itself.

Grace is only grace when it is Undeserved, Unearned and Unmerited.

I have been a christian for most of my life and i have been taught that by my own efforts of faith and in believing - i will be blessed in return.

Is it not? You work for something, you want it, you work harder and then you acquire it. Like a monk in a cave? No pain, No gain.

It is too good to be true! That i want it all i have to do is ask for it. Wouldn't a person then resort to being lazy? That he does not have to put in effort to be given.

Give me, Give me, Give me....

This theory that grace has been given and will always be given because he has PERFECTED FOREVER those who are saved and believe. It is all too easy, too easy it almost sounds like a scam. I am a seasoned christian but this just flies in my face. It turns my world upside down. How is it that one can receive without giving? or putting in effort? Why does it not encourage one to be lazy like communism? If the next door neighbor asks for eg, $10k but doesn't work, why should i bother working? It slams conventional worldly theory down.

Wouldn't God only help those in need, that he stands with you guiding you along when you need it? Isn't it like, to put it in a very crude context, like wikipedia? Don't know something? Want to know something, look it up; then be guided by the information? God will only help those that seek to be helped?

The book also states that LAW and GRACE cannot be mixed!

Cannot be mixed? Does not the LAW define GRACE? To be given a pardon in my sin is GRACE itself if i sin? What are the ten commandments then? Laws? Divine Grace?

So many question, too many questions.